Morning Oregonian., March 20, 1916, Page 4, Image 4

20, 1916.
VILLA ABANDONING
SCENES ILLUSTRATING PURSUIT OF VILLA.
WOUNDED IN FLIGHT
New Arrivals in Leather
We have just received a large shipment of
"LIKLY" Wardrobe, Dress and Steamer
Trunks, Suit Cases and Traveling Bag-3
$6.50 to $45
Ladies' Handbags the latest novelties, priced
at.... $1.25 to $15
Umbrellas $1.25 to $8.50
Bandit Leader Escapes Into
Steep Canyon as Carranza
Fore Approaches.
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TURN TO WEST SURPRISES
De Facto Troops Had Prepared to
Cut Off Escape In Opposite Di
rection Ixjpez Xot Killed
In the Columbus Raid.
l, PASO. March 19. Villa. has
reached Babicora, near the lake of
that name. In the Guerrero region.
after having abandoned 30 of his
wounded at El Valle, according to a
'telegram' received today by General
Gavira at Juarez from Colonel Nieto
Macias, the commander at Pearson.
This places Villa a little beyond Las
Cruces, where the Carranza officials
reported him yesterday.
Wounded Aide Abandoned
Villa fled to avoid conflict with the
Carranza troops under Colonel Cano.
Among the 30 wounded, who had been
Ehot in the Columbus raid and car
ried along in wagons, only to be aban
doned at El Valle, was said to be
the Villista leader. Pablo Lopez. Lopez
is the leader whose death was re
ported as a positive fact at the Colum
bus raid. Later reports . cast some
doubt upon his death and indicated
that another chief carrying his papers
might have been the real victim.
Lc-pez, in these later reports, was
said to be badly wounded. The tele
gram said that Lopez was in a bad
way, having been shot through the
abdomen and both legs, which were
broken.
Other Bandits at U Cram.
The Villista chief, Cervantes, is re
ported with several bandits in Las
Cruces.
General Bertani, commanding the
Carranza forces at Casas Grandes,
came to Juarez today to talk over the
military situation with his superior,
General Gavira. He said that Gen
eral Pershing's force was divided, with
part near Casas Grandes and a part
near Galeana. some distance southwest
of Casus Grandes. The Americans en
camp in the country, but have permis
sion to go to the towns to buy food,
fodder and other obtainable goods. An
order to this effect came from "War
Minister Obregon. Xc word has yet
been received by Gavira regarding the
use of the National Railways for the
transport of General Pershing's sup
plies, and. General Gavira added, no
shipments of this kind have yet been
made by the trains out of Juarez.
Villa's Flight Reported.
Villa spent last Wednesday and
Thursday In El Valle. according to re
ports at the Juarez headquarters, but
fled without giving battle when he
saw the troops of Colonel Cano from
Santa Ana, escaping up a steep can
yon from Las Cruces.
"Villa is now In a section difficult
for us." said General Gavira, "and un
favorable for his pursuers. He is now
in broken, rocky, pine-clad, mountain
ous country, full of places of con
cealment. Only cavalry can operate
In i to advantage.
"From the boundary down as far
as Pearson the country is flat and
sandy, with roads. But south of there
horses must be used as transports. In
stead of wagons and motor cars. There
ure high ridges and many obstacles.
While I have never campaigned in
that section, I understand good water
is obtainable from springs and also
the pasture is fair, which is to Villa's
advantage.
Country Without Food.
"The people in that part have almost
given up the cultivation of the soil,
because the country has been so long
overrun by bandits, who took every
thing they wanted. Villa won't find
food there.
"I can say I have every confidence
in the situation, for the net drawn
by the Americans and Mexican forces
is closing up."
Villa's turn to the west was rather
a surprise to General Gavira, who said
that General Gutierrez thought he
would try to escape eastward an event
General Gutierrez was prepared for.
The town of Juarez spent Sunday in
the usual Mexican fashion, with a line
of refreshment stands along its main
street and orchestras playing in the
amusement resorts. In the evening a
military band gave a concert in the
plaza.
BO! BELIEVED BOBBER
SUSPECT TAKES 13f CLACKAMAS
AND RETURNED TO SALEM.
Elmer Babcork, Who Escaped From
State Training School, la Held to
Blame for Minor Thefts.
OREGON CITY, Or., March 19. (Spe
cial.) Frank Nolan, alias Elmer Bab
cock, aged 17 years, believed to be re
sponsible for a number of minor rob
beries and probably a holdup or two,
was taken into custody by Deputy
Sheriffs Mullen and Riley this morning
and this afternoon was returned to the
state training school, from which he
escaped two years ago.
A 22-caliber. seven-chambered re
volver, a leather billy, a pocket search
light and a purse containing $6.60
were among the articles found on Bab
cock today by Sheriff Wilson. At first
he said that he found the revolver, light
and billy on the bank of the Colum
bia near Vancouver, but later confessed
that he had stolen them from a, man
for whom he worked at Tacoma.
Babcock was found by Homer Mullen
near Milwaukie in his barn. State
training school officials had been hunt
ing for Babcock.
Babcock's home Is in Woodburn. He
said that he has been in Bonner's
Ferry. Idaho, for several months work
ing for a man named Moss. From
there he went to the Puget Sound
country.
DOCTOR INSPECTS SCHOOLS
Health of Pupils in Rural District
Better Than Those of City.
PASCO. Wash.. March 13. (Special.)
George W. Zent, County School Su
perintendent, and Dr. O'Brien returned
yesterday from a trip over the county,
where they have been inspecting rural
schools. Arrangements have been made
whereby Dr. O'Brien has been engaged
to give medical inspection to all rural
schools of this county.
The Inspection finds the children of
the rural schools in better physical
condition than those of the city schools.
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Smuggling of War Supplies
to Mexicans Suspected.
CALM BELIEVED OMINOUS
Observer at El Paso Says Change
in Attitude of Mexican Resi
dents of American Towns
Codes Nothing Good.
EL PASO, Tex.. March ID. Ammuni
tion is being smuggled across the
border into Mexico daily, according to
a statement made here today from an
authoritative source.
The man who made the statement has
given the information in his possession
to the Government authorities. He re
fused to allow his name to be used.
"I know," be said, "that the military
and Federal officials are doing every
thing in their power to stop the traffic
and they are being aided in every way
possible by the various local authori
ties, but the smuggling Is still going
on. With about 1500 miles of frontier,
by far the greater part of which runs
through lonely, uninhabited places, it
Is well nigh Impossible to stop this
traffic completely with the handful of
men the Government and border patrols
have at their disposal. I hope there
are no Americans involved. If there
are they ought to be hanged in public."
Moch Am munition Hidden.
Americans from Mexico express the
conviction that the Villistas or any
other band of Insurrectionists will not
have their operations curtailed by lack
of ammunition. They assert that a
generous ahare of the vast tide of cart
ridges find other munitions that flowed
into Mexico from the United States,
Japan, Germany and other sources dur
ing the last five years have been
cached in various parts of the country
under the control of one or other of the
various factional chiefs. ' '
That large quantities of rifles, am
munition and even a few machine guns
are hidden in or around El Paso is a
report that has many believers here,
although it is scouted by the police
and military officials. There is, how
ever, no question that uneasiness is
growing here over the attitude and
temper of the Mexicans.
Calm la 3iot fteasanriag.
The extraordinary outward calm
which has existed since the American
troops crossed th border Is considered
the reverse of reassuring by Americans
who are thoroughly familiar with
Mexico and the Mexican people. One
man who has spent all his life on the
border Eald today:
"I do not understand this question
and I do not like it. It is too un
natural to me. There is one thing that
any one who Is observant might have
noticed during the last 10 days. That
is the change that has come about in
the relations of the two peoples right
here in El Paso. In saloons and other
places where men meet- it is rare to
see Americans and Mexicans mingling.
The Mexicans have quietly withdrawn
from any Intimacy with the Americans.
TP Colonel Canton, Commanding- Sixth Cavalry, In Frost of His Quarters.
New Portrait of General Perilling, Commander of Punitive Expedition. Map
Illustrating Pursuit.
More even than any other people, wher
they say least they are thinking most.'
BAN ON ALIEN CONSULS
House Committee Wants Only Amer
ican Representatives Hereafter.
WASHINGTON, March 11. Provis
ions to bar all foreigners from the
American diplomatic and consular serv
ice in any position whatever were writ
ten into the diplomatic and consular
bill by the House foreign affairs com
mittee. With another provision that
the President may designate any rank
ing secretary of embassy as counselor,
to rank with foreign diplomatic offi
cials, the bill, carrying t5, 000,000, was
ordered, favorably reported to the
House.
Under the new provisions foreigners
could be employed as Vice-Consuls as
now is the custom, only until American
citizens could be found for the posts.
There are now j!2 foreigners em
ployed as Vice-Consuls of the United
States. The new policy received the
sanction of the State Department.
The bill provides for 12 additional
secretaries of legation. Secretary Lan
sing advised the committee that to pro
vide the missions at the belligerent
capitals with sufficient secretaries to
carry on the work the State Depart
ment had been obliged to leave eight
legations without secretaries.
Another outcome of the war is an
entirely new appropriation of $100,000
for "post allowances for consular offi
cers," to pay them additional compen
sation, in the discretion of the State
Department, on account of the in
creased cost of living abroad.
FUNERAL WAITS ON COFFIN
Woman and Husband Select Walnut,
Lnmbcr From Their Farm.
ST. LOUIS. March 10. The funeral
of Mrs. Anton Wleneke, of Edwards
vllle. III., was delayed until a coffin
could be made from a walnut tree on
her "home place."
Mrs. Wieneke and her husband three
years ago picked out the walnut tree
on their farm from which to have their
coffins made. It was sawed into boards,
which were permitted to season until
last June, when Wieneke took the lum
ber to a planing mill and ordered it
made into coffins.
Wieneke was then 80 years old and
his wife was 77.
The work of making the caskets was
put off. When Mrs. Wieneke died, rath
er unexpectedly, orders were given to
rush one of the coffins to completion.
Mrs. Wieneke was the daughter of
Anton Louis, a pioneer St. Louis druggist.
Hotels to Discuss Wage Order.
EUGENE. Or., March 19. (Special.)
A special meeting of the hotel men of
the state will be held In Eugene April
17 and IS to discuss the proposed
changes in the hours and wages of
women employes as proposed by the
State Welfare Commission.
Charles Sweeny Recovering.
Charles Sweeny, . Spokane mining
millionaire, who is at the Portland
Surgical Hospital suffering from an
attack of angina pectoris, was re
ported last night to -be recovering.
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REFUGE 1000 FEET BELOW EARTH
SAVES FROJI BANDITS.
American Flag Incites Mexicans to
Outrages While British Is Some
what Respected, She Says.
EL PASO, Tex., March 19. Mrs. Wal
lace Rogers, of Detroit, arrived here
today with her 15-months-old infant,
and told how she had hidden with her
baby for two days in the shaft of an
abandoned mine near Cananea from
Mexican bandits.
Mrs. Rogers' husband is interested
In mining property near Cananea, but
was away from home when the little
colony fled on the approach of the
bandits.
Mrs. Rogers told how she hid with
her baby in a deserted mine shaft
more than 1000 feet below the surface
of the earth for two days until the
bandits departed. She also declared
that the Mexican bandits not only had
no respect for the American flag, but
that it actually incited them to out
rages. The only flag that offered any
protection at all, she said, was the
British flag.
"I am bitterly ashamed to admit it,"
she said, "but whenever trouble started
we began to hunt for a-'Union Jack.'
It was by no means a bullet-proof
shield, but it was the only flag I ever
saw that the Mexicans paid any defer
ence to."
Refugees continue to arrive here
and at other points along the border
daily, but the majority of them refuse
to discuss conditions in Mexico in any
way, as they fear their property in
that country would be destroyed if they
aroused the resentment of the Mexicans.
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Large Auto Sponges, best grade, priced
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at $1.25 to $1.50
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Small Wheel Dusters, special. ..... .170
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Waxene, liquid wax polish, quart. ..500
Braabrite, metal polish, pint 300
Auto Paints and Enamels, Vi pint.. 350
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25c Colgate's Tooth Paste 200
25c Euthymol Tooth Paste 150
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$1 ounce Pink Lady Perfume, spl. .500
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Stationery at Reduced Prices
$1 Panel Pressed Gold Edge Stationery, the very latest 730
$1 Gold Bevel Edge Correspondence Cards 630
Odds and ends in Hurd's Quarter-Ream Good3 at bargain prices.
WE REPAIR
FOUNTAIN PENS
ITALIAN IS KILLED
Mexican Bandits Slay Promi
nent Foreign Rancher.
INDIGNATION IS AROUSED
Countrymen in tJnited States "Will
Join Protest to Lansing at
Washington Spaniard Is
Seized for Ransom.
EL PASO, Tex., March 9. Enrico
Visconti, an Italian subject, and one of
the best-known foreign ranchers In
Mexico, was murdered by Mexican ban
dits on his ranch at Encinillas, Chi
huahua, last Tuesday. News of the
murder reached here today in a tele
gram sent by Vencenzo visconti, bro
ther of the murdered man.
The telegram was sent from Presidio
by Wenceslas Garcia, a brother of the
head cattleman on the ranch. The
cattleman escaped when Visconti was
murdered and made his way to Ojinaga,
where he communicated .with Wences
las Garcia.
Visconti's ranch was 75,000 acres in
extent and situated 100 miles south of
Ojinaga and about an equal distance
east of Chihuahua City. The bandits
who murdered him seized his cousin.
Juan Bilbao, a Spaniard, on his ranch
60 miles southwest of Encinillas, a
week previously and held him for $1500
ransom, which was paid from El Paso.
Fate of Son in Doabt.
It is supposed Visconti refused their
demands for money, but ho details have
been received here yet. A grown son
of the ranchman ia thought to have
been with him on the ranch, but noth
ing is known as to his fate.
The murder of the ranch owner
aroused deep indignation in the Italian
colony here, where he was well known
and respected. He had lived 25 years
in Mexico. His brother, Vincenzo Vis
conti, sent the following telegram to
day to the Italian Ambassador in Wash
ington: "I am sorry to notify your excellency
that my brother, Enrico Visconti, an
Italian citizen, has been murdered on
his ranch in the state of Chihuahua,
Mexico, by revolutionary soldiers. I
beg your excellency to protest to the
State Department against this outrage
ous crime, which, like many. others, are
committed daily on foreigners In that
country."
Italians Will Send Protest.
Visconti said that his telegram would
be followed by a joint protest to Sec
retary Lansing by the leading Italians
here. ,
"I have a large number of relatives
in Mexico." he said, "and there is not
one of them who has not been held to
ransom or otherwise maltreated. Some
of them I have been unable to get in
touch with at all and - do not know
whether they are dead or alive."
BRIDGE RIGHTS QUSTI0NED
Tolls and Car Privileges Will Be
Considered Today.
VANCOUVER. Wash., March 19
(Special.) The Commission of the Co
lumbia River Interstate bridge is to
hold an important meeting in the of
fices of the engineer here tomorrow
at 2 o'clock.
At this time the question of objec
tion to tolls and rates will be taken
up and also the objection of the street
car companies to paying for the paving
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of the bridge between the tracks and a
certain distance on each side. The
Portland Railway. Light & Power Com
pany has asked permission to use the
bridge proper across the Columbia
River, going upon the bridge from the
trestle where the car now loops on
Hayden Island.
RAILWAY HIRES STUDENT
O. A. C. Senior Gets Appointment
Witli Canadian Pacific.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL! COL
LEGE, Corvallis, March 19. (Special.)
Rodney O. Soth. of Toledo, a senior
in the course in irrigation farming at
the Oregon Agricultural College, was
yesterday appointed assistant irriga
tlonist for the Canadian Pacific Rail
way Company to take complete charge
of the company's operations on the
Rosamary colony near Bassano, Al
berta. Mr. Soth is regarded as one of the
best equipped students in the school of
agriculture. He will enter upon his
new work April 1, and will be awarded
the degree of bachelor of science in
agriculture at the commencement ex
ercises in June.
tinuance of smudging and calling for
investigations for some method of
frost prevention which will be less in
jurious. The meeting was called as
a result of a vigorous agitation
against oil smudging.
Rate Hearing Scheduled.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. March 19.
(Special.) Rollo C. Groesbeck, City At
torney, has received notice that tho
Oregon Public Service Commission wi'l
conduct a hearing in this city April 7,
relative to the rates of the California
Oregon Power Company. This com
pany supplies Klamath Falls and sur
rounding country with light and elec
tric power.
Somo ants keep Insert cowl.
Growers Seek Smudging Substitute.
MEDFORD, Or., March 19. Special.)
At a meeting of the Farmers' and
Fruitgrowers' League Saturday reso
lutions were adopted favoring the con-
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